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- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!fuug!funic!usenet
- From: TMakinen
- Subject: Re: What is consciousness?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.153306.11281@nic.funet.fi>
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- References: <1992Nov14.092922.8365@nic.funet.fi> <eDLDuB2w165w@kalki33>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 15:33:06 GMT
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- In article <eDLDuB2w165w@kalki33> kalki33!system@lakes.trenton.sc.us writes:
- >> In article <aFc5TB5w165w@kalki33> kalki33!system@lakes.trenton.sc.us writes:
- >> >Yes, it is a crude example. Another example is the car and the driver.
- >> >The car has tinted windows, so no one can see in and know for sure that
- >> >there is a driver inside. But those who understand cars know that the
- >> >car is moving because there is a conscious driver inside who is
- >> >steering, etc.
- >
- >> Yes, it is a crude example. Another example is the factory robot and the
- >> driver.
- >> The robot has closed covering, so no one can see in and know for sure that
- >> there is a driver inside. But those who understand robots know that the
- >> robot is moving because there is a conscious driver program inside who is
- >> steering, etc.
- >
- >No. Those who understand robots know that the robot was programmed by an
- >intelligent being, and that is why it is moving.
-
- Ha ha. Thats +5 to me.
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- Teemu
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